fjt_222800 - NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS Lutte contre les pirates musulmans 1757
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Price : 28.00 €
Type : Lutte contre les pirates musulmans
Date: 1757
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX. CHRISTIANISS.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV.
Obverse translation : Louis XV, Roi très chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : RAPTORIBUS INGRUIT ULTRIX ; À L'EXERGUE : MARINE. 1757.
Reverse description : Combat de cinq bêtes fauves.
Reverse translation : Le vengeur s'attaque aux pilleurs.
Commentary
La Galissonière, amiral, vainqueur de Bugny à Minorque. cf.F.11478 les pirates musulmans arabes, basés principalement à Alger infestaient la Méditerranée, attaquant les navires et faisant des descentes sur les cotes pour capturer des chrétiens ensuite vendus comme esclaves.
La Galissonière, admiral, victor of Bugny in Minorca. cf.F.11478 Arab Muslim pirates, based mainly in Algiers, infested the Mediterranean, attacking ships and raiding the coasts to capture Christians who were then sold into slavery
La Galissonière, admiral, victor of Bugny in Minorca. cf.F.11478 Arab Muslim pirates, based mainly in Algiers, infested the Mediterranean, attacking ships and raiding the coasts to capture Christians who were then sold into slavery
Historical background
NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS
There is a good historical reminder online, extracted from the information leaflets on the visit to the arsenal http://www.netmarine.net/forces/operatio/toulon/bagne.htm.
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